Again I had a donor loom that had puddle lights and folding mirrors.
Original at the bottom and donor at the top.
However, for some reason lots of bits about the new loom didn't match up with the old loom, so I couldn't just swap it in and sort out the connector in the 'A' pillar for the extra stuff, as I had been able to with the passenger side.
I forget what was different exactly, but I think the pin-out was different, there were a different number of pins in the plugs that meant neither could be re-used and I think even the window motor connector was different and there was another extra connector near the back of the door that I couldn't work out what it was for.
So this needed a different approach...
I sussed out that for the main stuff, all I actually needed to do was to transplant 4 wires (with 2 connectors) out of the donor loom into the original loom.
Unfortunately this meant COMPLETELY unpicking and dismantling both looms, which took ages grrr... On the flip side, it gave me the advantage that I could properly incorporate the wiring for the after market alarm solenoid into the loom instead of the cheap/easy way it had been run by the 'professional' installers before. This made a sad man very happy (the way it had been done before had pissed me off EVERY time I got into the car since I'd owned it!)
So removed connectors and wires below
(Bottom is puddle lights, top is the 8 pin connector for the folding mirrors with the 2 additional cables that you need to take all the way back over to the passenger side relay)
So after they'd been inserted into the original loom, I had to unpick the 3 wires out of the original electric mirror plug, so I could put them into the new 6 pin folding mirror plug (with the additional 2 wires I'd transplanted across)
Then I realised I also had to stick an extra wire into the mirror control plug, so ripped that out of the donor loom.
Original plug
Suddenly gained an extra wire
By studying the wiring diagram, I found that you can actually pick up both the puddle light feeds you need from inside the existing loom (drivers door open signal is fed to the central locking relay box and there's also a ground in there) so there's no need to take them out into the cabin like there was on the passenger side. I just cut, spliced and soldered into the existing wires there.
This meant only 3 wires going out in an extra connector on this side - mirror fold signal from the switch and mirror fold in/mirror fold out feed to the mirror itself (switch feeds the relay in the passenger door, relay then feeds back to the mirror in the drivers door)
So finished loom ready to go back in
Door loom installed, new cross-dash loom finished and plugged into the new connector coming out of the door loom (3 wires as mentioned above, plus to two for the after market alarm door lock solenoid)
Hidden away like you'd never know it was there...
I mentioned before about putting some CLD tiles in, this is what went into both front doors
Yep, just 2 small squares per door - trust the man on sound deadener showdown when he says that's all you need if you buy decent stuff, he REALLY does know his stuff!
CLD tiles also went in the rear quarter panels, rear wings and a couple of the small panels inside the boot. Basically anywhere there was obvious resonance and i could get at. It's made a BIG difference!
All installed and the LAST new stock 4th gen weather skin in Honda Europe and Japan fitted (unfortunately it was a non-puddle light version so I had to cut a slit in it and transplant the flap over from the old knackered skin lol)
And that was it, main part of the job done! One UKDM car analy fitted with all the wiring needed for JDM puddle lights and folding mirrors.
